George Franklin Allen 'Frank'

Biography*: He was in the Civil War, CSA, volunteered as a Private on 6 Mar., 1862 at the age of 20. He enlisted in Elizabethtown, NC, with Captain George Tait for a three year period. He was mustered in at Ft. St. Phillip, located on the Cape Fear River between Wilmington and Fort Fisher, NC, on 15 May, 1862. His unit was initially known as Captain George Tait's Co. (Bladen Art'y Guards), NC Vols. Around the end of 1863, it became (New) Co. K, 40th Reg't Artillery, NC Troops. Upon orders of Col. William Lamb, commanding officer at Fort Fisher, he was detached from his unit during part of Mar., and all of Apr. and May, 1863 to unload wood and lumber from flats and transports at Fort Fisher. His name is included on a list of soldiers assigned for "Detachment for No. 1 Columbiah Gun." This type of gun was employed in the defense of Fort Fisher. He was granted a furlough of 14 days on 18 Dec., 1863. He was listed on a Roll of Honor compiled by the state and on company muster rolls through Dec., 1864. He was taken prisoner by the union forces on 15 Jan., 1865. He was transported via New York City to a Federal prison in Elmira, NY. He was received there and imprisoned as a prisoner of war on 1 Feb., 1865. He was paroled at Elmira for exchange on 2 Mar., 1865 and sent to James River, VA. He was admitted on 6 Mar., 1865 to Receiving and Wayside Hospital or General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, VA. He was transferred to Jackson Hospital in Richmond, VA, on 8 Mar., 1865. He was diagnosed as suffering from Debiltas, or a weakened condition. He was furloughed on 9 Mar., 1865 from Jackson Hospital. He served just one month shy of three years in the Army of the CSA.

He purchased three tracts of land containing 220 acres from his father, Willis Allen, in Jul., 1870. The land is located in what was known as Gurley's Neck, one mile north of NC Highway 41 on the Marsh/Bryan's Pond Road on the edge of Bladen County, NC.